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19 May 2021

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№ 568

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19 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£200

A Silver Presentation Griffin.
A presentation Griffin, silver, 128mm high x 110mm wide, in crouching position with wings partially out-spread, mounted on a circular wooden plinth, with silver plaque engraved ‘Major General Sir Philip Carnegy K.C.B., 4th. Gurkha Regiment 1886, Commandant 2nd. Battalion 1902-1909’,
good condition £100-£140

Sir Philip Mainwaring Carnegy was born on 12 December 1858, the son of Major-General P. A. Carnegy, and was educated at Dollar Academy, Cheltenham, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 67th Regiment of Foot in 1878, and, proceeding to India, transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles, rising through the ranks to become their Commanding Officer. Advanced Major-General, he commanded the Jullundur Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 September 1914 He retired on 12 April 1919, and died in Worcestershire on 8 December 1927.

Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

Note that the main Griffin is silver-plated, not solid silver.